Tag Archives: bush fires

Fearsome collapse of World’s forests

FYI scary set of numbers Reese Halter: Planet Earth’s forests are breathtaking. Did you know that ancient trees are the greatest carbon warehouses to have ever evolved? For every metric tonne of ancient wood created, 1.5 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide was … Continue reading

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New evaluation how much damage to/danger from, world forests

Greg Hunt insists that forest tree planting is his most effective means of “reducing emissions”. Of course, he actually means “offset”, trees absorbing CO2, while avoiding action to reduce emissions by power stations. Ever increasing heat and drought now lead to … Continue reading

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Councils’ climate change planning warnings to be curbed

Can Australia win a double Darwin Award, for our State Planning Minister, relaxing building codes to make house reconstruction cheaper(!) in Black Saturday bushfire areas and now this “NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard will release a draft circular aimed at … Continue reading

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Record snowstorms not inconsistent with warming world

The science behind this is clear: Warmer temperatures cause more water to evaporate into the atmosphere, and warmer air holds more water than cooler air. The air’s “water-holding capacity,” in fact, rises about 7 percent with each Celsius degree of … Continue reading

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